Sexcrime

"Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)"
Single by Eurythmics from the album 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)
Released	1984
Format	7", 12"
Recorded	1984
Genre	New Wave, Electronica, Synth Pop
Label	Virgin Records
Producer	David A. Stewart
Eurythmics singles chronology
"Here Comes the Rain Again" (1983) "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)" (1984) "Julia" (1984)

"Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)" is a song performed by British pop duo Eurythmics. It was written by group members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart for their album 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother), which served as the soundtrack to the film 1984, an adaptation of the political novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. The song was produced by Stewart.

"Sexcrime" is a synthpop tune which features a heavily-sampled Lennox, utilizing snippets of her vocal performance to produce a stuttering effect. Also prominently featured is the voice of Stewart, with the aid of a vocoder, uttering the phrase "nineteen eighty-four". It was the first of two singles released from the soundtrack album. The term "sexcrime" is one of several Newspeak words found within the novel.

The single peaked at number four on the UK singles chart, becoming Eurythmics' sixth song in a row to enter the top ten. It was also a hit single in Australia, peaking at number five and becoming one of the duo's biggest selling singles in that country. "Sexcrime" met with resistance on United States radio — its title and bleak lyrical content did not earn mainstream success. The music video (featuring a straightforward performance of the song by Lennox and Stewart) had limited rotation on MTV. It peaked at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100, but was much more successful on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it reached number two.

Charts

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